Table 1 Background characteristics of tuberculosis patients recruited from health institutes of Oromia Special Zone and South Wollo Zone, northeastern Ethiopia, April 2015 to January 2017
Characteristics | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Sex (n = 384) | ||
 Male | 213 | 55.5% |
 Female | 171 | 44.5% |
Age in years (n = 371) | ||
 18–27 | 133 | 35.8% |
 28–37 | 116 | 31.3% |
 38–47 | 68 | 18.3% |
 ≥48 | 54 | 14.6% |
Marital status (n = 333) | ||
 Single | 116 | 34.8% |
 Married | 185 | 55.6% |
 Divorced | 32 | 9.6% |
Family size (n = 323) | ||
  < 3 | 65 | 20.1% |
 3–5 | 161 | 49.9% |
 ≥6 | 97 | 30.0% |
Occupation (n = 345) | ||
 Government employed | 29 | 8.4% |
 Merchant | 57 | 16.5% |
 Farmer | 138 | 40.0% |
 Daily laborer | 31 | 9.0% |
 No job/unemployed | 40 | 11.6% |
 Student | 26 | 7.5% |
 Others a | 24 | 7.0% |
Religion (n = 348) | ||
 Christian | 119 | 34.2% |
 Muslim | 229 | 65.8% |
Ethnicity (n = 346) | ||
 Amhara | 295 | 85.3% |
 Oromo | 46 | 13.3% |
 Othersb | 5 | 1.4% |
Educational status (n = 347) | ||
 Illiterate (unable to read and write) | 154 | 44.4% |
 Primary (Grade 1–8) | 99 | 28.5% |
 Secondary (Grade 9–12) | 61 | 17.6% |
 Above secondary (Grade > 12) | 33 | 9.5% |